London North Eastern Railway
Commons · Question 53824 · Tabled 21 May 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Rosindell
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) she and (b) officials in her Department had discussions with LNER on the (i) commissioning and (ii) publication of the report entitled “Impact of Open Access Operations on LNER - at stations with di
Answer
Answered by Simon Lightwood, 4 Jun 2025
Train operators are not required to seek the Department for Transport’s approval for business-as-usual research funded within their approved budgets.